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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06
From a New Dictionary.

Anger-The reaction of others faults up
| on ourselves.
Army-A body of men kept one thousand
days to be used on one.
Bachelor-A wild goose that tame geese
| envy.
Benevolence-A service that the receiver
should remember and the bestower forget.
| Child-The future in the present.
| Coquette-A mirror that receives all i'm
ages, but preserves none.
| Consistency-A church without a mort
gage on it.
Conversation-Th idle mans business
and the business mans recreation.
| Crying-A woman's weakness and
ehild's strength.
Death-The dealer that sweeps in the
bone chips.
Debt-The example set by government
to it's people.
Family-Hatrimony doing penance.
| Fashion-,A decree that enhances beauty,
but m3Iz5s homliness the more conspicuous.
Heart-The abyss of reason.
Heiress-A capital wife.
Hope-The bridge between our longings
and fruition, beneath which flow the wa
ters of disappointment.
Inconsistency-A woman's prerogative;
| for which we never blame her unless we
| are it's victims.
| Ink-The black sea upon which thought
rides at anchor.
Jealousy-The homage paid by inferiori-
| ty to merit.
Justice-Truth in action.
Lava trap baited with promise of
profit or revenge.
Lawyers-The heirs of intestates.
Love-A frozen deep; before you venture
see if il will bear.
Lovers-The miss guided.
Luxury-The labor of the wealthy.
Mankind-Pieces in game of chess,
played by destiny.
Marriage-The only lottery not put down.
Mirror-A shrine, before which the furc-
tions of worshiper, priest and divinity are
all enacted by the same party.
| Miser-One who makes bricks that his
heirs may build houses
| Money-To the wise convenience, to
the fool necessity.
| Old Nadia woman who has missed the
opportunity of making man happy.
| Pawnbroker-The man who holds your
coat while you fight.
| Poet-One who may bestow immortality
upon others, yet finds it difficult himself
even to live.
! Poeuy-Thought in blossom.
| Prison-An oven into which society puts
nowly made crime to harden.
Revenge-The only debt which it is
wrong to pay.
Rivera moving road, at once the high
way and the conveyance.
Space-The statue of divinity.
Spoon-A hand without fingers.
Stars-Jeweled beads in the rosaries of
| heaven.
Success-A veneering that can hide all
baseness.
Taxes-Periodica bleeding as prescribed
by government.
| Temptation-The test of soul.
Tenderness-Passion in repose.
Theater-Nature in the ''house of cor
rection.''
Time-To the aged an atom; to the
young world.
Tongue-The boneless that can break
bones.
Ugliness-The privilege in man, and IN
pardonable in woman.
|
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06
The Delightful Liquid Laxative.

Syrup of Figs is most agreeable and
valuable family remedy, as it is easily taken
by old and young, and is prompt and effec.
tive in curing Habitual Constipation and
the many ills depending on weak or mae
tive condition of the Kidneys, Liver, and
Bowels. 1t acts gently, strengthens the
organs on which it acts, and awakens them
to a healthy activity. For sale by W. M.
ALLEN & Bro, Staunton. feb2-t1st my
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06
How to Make Yourself Agreeable.

Very rarely, if ever, young persons ac-
quire the ability to converse with ease and
huency. This implies; first of all, geod
ideas, clearly and sensibly expressed. An
empty mind never made good talker; re-
member, ''you cannot draw water out of
an empty WELL" Next is importance is
self possession. "Self- possession is nine
points iu the law"-of good breeding.
A good voice is as essential to self posses
sion as good ideas are essential to fluent
language. The voice, from infancy, should
be carefully trained and developed; a full,
clear, flexible voice is one of the surest in
dications of good breeding; it falls like music
on the ear and while it peases the listener,
it adds to the confidence of its possessor, be
he ever so timid. One may be witty with
out being popular; volubls without being
agreeable; a great talker and yet great
bore. 1t is wise. then, to note carefully the
following suggestions:
Be sincere; he who habitually snesrs at
everything, will not only render himself dis
agreeable to Others, but will soon cease to
find pleasure in life.
Be frank; frank, open countenance, and
clear, CHEEKY laugh, are worth far more,
even socially, than ''pedantry in a stiff
eravat.'
Be am1aOle; you may niue q Vlnulctlve
nature under polite exterior for time, as
a cat masks its sharp claws in velvet fur,
but the least provocatitu a brings out one as
quickly as the other; ill-natured persons are
always disliked.
Be sensib BILE; society never lacks for fools.
If you want elbow-ro I'm, "go up higher"
Be cheerful; ifyou have no great trouble
on your mind, you have no right to render
other people miserable by your long face
and dolorous tones. If you do you will be
generally avoided.
But above all, be cordial; true cordiality
unites all the qualities we have enumerat-
ed.-Americon AgricuIturiSt for ApriL
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:ATaPille SurgicalODGladn
A FATAL MISTAKE.

The Czevezaaa (Ohio) Press,
Of February 23d, 1883, pub
ished an account Of a fatal
+, surgical operation which caused
a great commotion among med
ical men throughout the whole
country, DR.. Thayer, the most
eminent surgeon in Cleveland,
pronouncing it scandalous. It
appears that a Mrs. King had
been suffering for many years
from some disease Of the stom-
ach, which had resisted the
treatment Of all the physicians
in attendance. The disease
commenced with a slight de.
rangement of the digestion,
with a poor appetite, followed
by a peculiar indescribable dis
tress in the stomach, a feeling
that has been described as a
faint "al gone' sensation, a
sticky slime collecting about
the teeth, causing a disagree
able taste. This sensation was
not removed by food, but, on
the contrary, it was increased.
After a while the hands and
feet became cold and sticky
a cold perspiration. There
was a constant tired and Ian
guid feeling. Thenfollowed a
dreadful nervousness, with
gloomy forebodings. Finally
the patient was unable to re-
tain any food whatever, and
there was constant pain in the
abdomen. All prescribed rem
edies failing to give relief, a
consultation was held, when it
was decided that the patient
had a cancer in the stomach.
and in order tosave thepatient's
life an operation was justifi-
able. Accordingly, on the 22d
of February, 1883, the opera
ton was performed by DR..
Vance in the presence Of DR..
Tuckerman, DR.. Perlier, DR..
Arms, DR.. Gordon, Dr.. Capner,
and DR.. Halliwen Of the Police
Board. The operation consist
ed in laying open the cavity
of the abdomen and exposing
the stomach and bowels. When
this had been done an examin-
alton Of the organs was made,
but to the horror and dismay
of the doctors there was no
cancer to be found. The pa
tient did not have a cancer.
When too late the medical men
discovered that they had made
a terrible mistake; but they
sewed the parts together and
dressed the wound that they
had made, but the poor woman
sank from exhaustion and died
in a few hours. How sad it
must be for the husband of this
poor woman to know that his
wife died from the effects of "a
surgical operation that ought
never to have been performed.
If this woman had taken the
proper remedy tor dyspepsia
and Nervous Prostration flor
this was what the disease really
was), she would have been liv-
ing to-day. SHAKER EXTRACT OF
RooTs, or SE1GEL's CURATIVE
SYRUP, a remedy made ex-
pressly for Dyspepsia or Indi-
gestion, has restored many such
cases to perfect health after all
other kinds of treatment have
failed. The. evidence Of its
efficacy in curing this class of
cases is too voluminous to be
published here; but those who
read the published evidence in
favor Of this dyspeptic remedy
do not question its convincing
nature, and the article has an
extensive sale.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06

WEST VIRGINIA SENAToR.-A Washing
ton letter states that Col. Bushrod Price,
of Marshall county, W. Va, mem Der of
the Senate of his State, and one of the dem
ocratic kickers who defeated the reelection
of United States Senator Camden at the
recent session of the Legislature, says the
extra-session that has been called will GER
tainly elect Senator, and that it's choice
will not be Mr.. Lucas, who has been ap-
pointed Senator by Gov. Wilson.
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EASTWARD. ss;,7. ss; :; gss;:;. as:is; ss;::

ADDITIONAL TRAINs.-Nos. = and g. daily
| between Clifton Forge and Ashland, Ky
Leave Clifton Forge 700 A. M, arrive Ashland
| $50 p. M, arrive Columbus, O., 1l:l7 P. M
| Leave Ashland 70S A. M arrive Clifton Forge,
| 7:45 P. M. fssa
No g. leaves Richmond Except Sunday 8:45
| A. M, arrives Newport News Ills AN, Old
Point 11:40 A. M. Norfolk 1920 noon.
|, ACcoMMoDATIoN.-Nos 5 and g. daily except
Sunday. Leave Richmond 400 P: M, arrive
Gordo nsville. 7:25 F: M. Leave Gordonsville
500 A. M, arrive Richmond $40 A. NJ
NoTEs.-No: daily except Sunday. Norfolk
Richmond, daily, with Pullman Cars and Solid
Train, for Louisville and Cincinnati.
No. daily, with Through Pullman Cars and
Solid Trains to Washington and Richmond.
Nos. and q daily except Sunday. Sleepers
between Huntington and Clifton Forge.
Old Dominion Steamships leave Norfolk
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday 800 F. NJ, for New York.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, applyto
any Office of G. q o. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office of connecting lines.
W. G. WICKHAM, 81. W. FULLER,
ID Vice-President. Gen'l Pass'r Agent
decl
sNMENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06

The New York World says: Geronimo is
employed in making gardens at Fort Pick
ems. He expects to raise cabbage this year
instead of scalps." But it will probably be
a matter of regret with the bloodthirsty old
scoundrel that cabbage heads are bald -
Lunchbur0 Virqinidn.
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FAR NJ ER
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STEAM ENGINES, SAW MILLS and HEAVY MA
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Gum and Leather Betting, and everything
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Machinery and Repairs. e.
Prices as low as the lowest.
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JObnny's Composition on Medicine.

"There Is two kinds of medicine besides
the kind you Rub On and the first kind is
the Soft Kind which you take with spoon
while A man holds your Head and you kick
and Riggle some because it Tastes so and
the other kind is the Hard kind which
is called Pills and it is the Hardest of the
whole because it is so Hard to go Down
but it does not make any Difference which
kind you Take when you get it Took you
wish you Had not for it makes quite Row
in your Stomach and Riots Around"
Evidently Johnny's experience in medi-
cine does not include DIR. Pierce's ''Pleas-
ant Purgative Pellets,' which are easy to
take and do their work quietly and calmly.
Neither does it include in the way of ''Soft
Medicine DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" which though powerful to cure
all chronic arrangements of the liver and
blood, is pleasant to the taste and agreea-
BILE in its effects. Unequaled as a remedy
for all scrofulous diseases, pinples, blotch-
es, eruptions, ulcers, swelled glands, goitre
or thick neck, fever-sores and hip-joint dis.
ease.
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IrreprOacbablq,

Not one word of censure can Justly be ut
tered against SOZODONT. No other den-
tifrice makes the teeth SO white, and yet
none is SO entirely free from every objec-
tionable ingredient.
What SPALDING's GLUE has Joined can
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis
gusting everybody, but use DR.. Sage's Ca.
tarrh Remedy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06

There's nothing half so sweet in life
(Next to the joys OF home and wife)
As fragrant breath, and pearly teeth,
With hard and rosy gums beneath
And see these cL arms of which we sing
Have from sweet SOZODONT their spring,
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$tautttott Spectator.
RATES OF ADVERTIsING.

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SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD
- s. f. Tyler, ReceiUer.
Time Table in effect MARCH 13, 1887.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
ann M HARpIsoN. HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER
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II ATTORNEYS-AT-LA w

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-06

yDREST0N A BAYLOR.
! Z ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ii ssd solicitor in Ci,ancery, STAUNToN, VA,
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
eining counties.
OFFIOE-The same formerly occupied by his
ather, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd on Augusta ST.,
opposite the Courthouse. nozl
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04
The Outlook for the Canned Goods Bus
mess.

Mr.. John W. Bay, of the commission house
of Bay s. Getty, Baltimore, in a recent talk
about the canning industry, spoke hopefully
of the outlook. The stock of canned goods
remaining on hand is no more than sufficient,
he thinks, to supply the demand, and as it Is
all in strong hands fair prices are likely TO be
maintained. number of new packing
houses will probably be established or DOR
mant ones reopened, but Notwithstanding
the likelihood of an increased pack remuner-
alive prices are expected for year or two, at
least. The industry is extending all over the
country. Canada, which seven years ago.
did not pack case of canned goods, last year
put up over million cases. The West,
which heretofore has furnished a market for
nearly all the canned goods produced in the
East, is now dotted with factories, which
very nearly supply the needs ofthat Sec
ton. The market for Maryland canned
goods is now chiefly In the South and
East. Hartford county canned tomatoes and
corn are consumed largely in Florida, 1t is
said, and are preferred to the fresh vegetables
of home growth.
The days of sloppy tomatoes and hard,
tasteless corn are over, Mr. Bay says. Buy.
ers are rejecting worthless articles, and there
fore packers who put up the best goods will
have the least trouble in selling them and get
the best prices for them. Our packers should
bear this in mind.
Corn is now selling in Baltimore at from
$1.1O to $1.25 per dozen, avorite brands
bringing the highest prices. Tomatoes bring
from $1.05 to $1.10 per dozen.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04
The Presidents Veto Sustained

Congress on Thursday of last week sus-
tanned President Cleveland's veto of the de-
pendent pension bill. The Republicans to o
man voted to pass the bill over the veto, and
we regret to say that thirty-nine Democrats,
including Randall and Holman, voted with
them. 1t was, perhaps, too much to expect
that Republican members Of Congress would
fail to take advantage of this opportunity to
saddle Democratic administration with the
odium ofan unpopular law, for that the law
is unpopular is shown by the fact that every
Republican newspaper in New York, with
the exception of the Tribune, commended
President Cleveland for the veto and urged
Congress 10 sustain it. Besides, nearly every
other Republican paper in the country stood
by the side of the President Grand Army
posts and Union generals also Joined in de-
nouncing the attempt 10 pauperize Union
soldiers. The newspapers, it appears, were
better guides than the politicians in Congress.
The latter were afraid of alternating the SOL
dier vote by passing bill, the ultimate effect
of which would have been to raise such q
storm of opposition to extravagant pensions
that the whole system would some day have
been uprooted.
Republican members of Congress were
doubtless actuatcd by another motive. The
dependent pension bill, If 1t had become a
law, would have speedily cleaned out every
dollar in the Treasury, and the robber tariff
would have been necessity
President Cleveland by his manly veto of
an outrageous law has strengthened his hold
upon the confidence of thoughtful, conserya-
tive people, who look to the future interests
of our country rather than TO the exigences
Of politics.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

Friday. February 18th, being the anniversary
Of Mrs. Daniel McGonigall's birthday. her many
friends conceived the idea of giving her sur
prise, and accordingly on Friday evening they
gathered around her iireslde. at her home, near
Churchville, to offer her their congratulations
and good wishes that her days may yet be many.
Mrs. McGonigall received numerous presents,
and appeared to enjoy the evening equally with
mer OF lite fingers. The evening passed away
with games and music and q general good time.
The following were among those present:
Messrs. Harvey Ball, Oscar Blackburn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Harkins, j. w. Carsins, Miss o. Ham
son, Mrs. N. X. Harlan. Miss Enie Harkins, I'd.
asrry Palmer e Pyle Rev. s1d MIS- Mrs. L ad ens
burn, David Hanson. Miss N. Shertzer, Mrs.
Shertzer. Amos Bailey, q. Chesney. Miss Laura
Bailey. W. Colburn, Winnie Baker. Mrs. N. VIII
son. Miss Elise Billingsea, Miss Edna Harkins,
z. Pyle, j. T. Bailey, Rev. O. d. Wilson and Mas
L. Mltchall
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04
The Deer Greek and Susquehanna
RAILROAD.

We again urge upon all of our readers who
are interested In the construction of this rail-
road the importance of giving it their sup
port at once. The public meetings, the first
of which is advertised to take place at OAR
lington tomorrow, should be well attended,
and those interested should go there pre-
pared 10 subscribe at once such an amount
as their ability and the benefits to be received
will justify. The incorporators have right
to ask that our people will act noto. No one,
certainly no reader of The 1Egss, can fail 10
be fully informed of every phase Of this
movement, and should be prepared by this
time to say what he will do to further 1t.
The incorporators are busy men of affairs,
but they have given q great deal of time TO
the promotion of this enterprise, besides con-
tributing a large part of the fund to pay the
preliminary expenses of canvassing and, as
they say, they have spared no pains to pre-
sent the matter fully to the people for their
consideration. Every one should now be in
position to decide the one vital question of
what the railroad is worth 10 him in dollars
They say truly that the sooner conclusion
is reached on this question, the better it will
be for all concerned.
If we are TO have the railroad we may as
well have ii this year as the next. 1t should
take but few hours consideration 10 enable
any one to decide how much a railroad is
worth to him. Let him calculate how much
it costs him to haul home his coal and fertili-
zers each year, and to haul out his corn and
wheat, estimated ON the fair basis of what he
would charge bis neighbor for such service;
let him estimate the value of close and easy
business communication with the city for
himself and the social and educational ad
vantages Of such easy intercourse with the
city for his family; let him add moderate
sum for the many other convenience too
numerous to mention which accompany
railroad, such as increased mail and telegraph
facilities. II he is farmer, let him count up
what il would be worth to him to be able to
convert every bit of the surplus products of
his farm into dollars and cents with ease and
without loss Of time, and If he is going to be
fair with himself, let him add good round
sum for the many advantages to him which
no one but himself can fully know, and the
many possibilities of new business develop
ments for himself or his children, and let him
see what the aggregate of all these sums will
be. This amount capitalized Chat is the sum
which invested would yield that much inter.
est each year, is the true measure of what a
railroad would be worth to him.
The -Egss has earnestly supported this en-
terprise from the beginning as being public
improvement Of great material interest to q
large section of our county and as calculated
to develope its resources and increase its
wealth. We have always believed and still
maintain that the road can be built if all
interested will take an enlightened business
view of the matter and subscribe to the stock
in proportion TO their interest in its con-
struction.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04

NITRATE OF SODA IN THE GARDES.-Joseph
Harris, author OF Walks and Talks on the Farm,
Talks on Manures, etc., is an enthusiastic ad-
vocate of the use of Nitrate of Soda, especially
for straw berries, early cabbage, celery and Other
garden crops. He has used It for several years
on his own fam with extraordinary results
In their Catalogue for 1887, just received, the
Joseph Harris Seed Company, Rochester, N. Y,
give full directions for using this new fertilizer.
The Catalogue is free. Send for IT..
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-04

President Cleveland has nominated Jas.
NJ. Trotter, colored, of Boston, to be Record
er of Deeds for the District, the position left
open by the rejection of Matthews, colored.
The Senate, it is positively asserted, will also
reject Trotter. The Republican members Of
course will not sanction any appointment
which they think will give d democratic ex-
ecutive the credit of appointing any coloied
man to office. Besides, the position being
one pertaining entirely to the District, many
Democrats think it should be given to a Dis
trict man.